Harley Dren (left) focuses on nerd culture, and Barbacoa Jones will perform as a homicidal clown during the Circus Sideshow Spectacular.

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Kate Franzman
Star correspondent

What do geeky comic book references and scantily clad dancers have in common? Plenty, according to Cammie Williams, aka Harley Dren. She calls it "nerdlesque."

"My burlesque persona is based off of the Harley Quinn character from Batman. And "Dren" is nerd backwards," said Williams.

Williams, also a member of local troupe Crème de les Femmes, caught the burlesque bug while bartending shows at Indy's Jukebox. She'll perform there on March 23 as part of a burlesque show she organized, "The Harley Dren and Co. Circus Sideshow Spectacular." ...